Seth, Lydia, Callum, Jessica, and Jamie sat down to discuss The University Worker. This was a rank-and-file bulletin produced by academic workers during the UCU strike. The podcast covers why Notes from Below helped to produce and host the bulletin, its impact during the strike, and advice for people who want to put together their own workplace bulletin.


authors

Jamie Woodcock (@jamie_woodcock)

Jamie Woodcock works as a researcher.

Callum Cant (@CallumCant1)

Callum Cant is the author of Working for Deliveroo and a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence in the workplace, and how technological change interacts with worker self-organisation.

Seth Wheeler (@sethnotes)

Seth Wheeler is a writer and activist. He is the contributing editor of ‘In and Against the State’ (2021 Pluto Books). He is part of the militant research collective Pagliacci Rossi.

Jessica Thorne (@th0rnenotes)

Jessica Thorne is a Masters research student in History at Royal Holloway, University of London, addressing the histories of Spanish Anarchism and anti-francoist resistance movements in Europe. She tweets in a personal capacity @th0rnenotes and helps to run the Base Union Coordination twitter account @BaseUnion.

Lydia Hughes (@lydiakathleenh)

Lydia Hughes is a trade union organiser.